In his sermon 'We Win, We Win Big,' Brian Borgman discusses the role of under-shepherds in guiding believers through the tension of living between the 'already' and the 'not yet.' He highlights that God's people have already experienced a spiritual resurrection, adoption, and justification, setting them apart as unique 'end times people' living in the present. Borgman emphasizes the importance of equipping believers for the current spiritual battle while maintaining focus on the ultimate victory and glory that awaits in the future. The sermon encourages believers to keep their eyes on both present challenges and future promises.

As an under-shepherd in one of Christ's flocks, this is a question that you think about a lot. I would say there are a few different things that are, in a sense, priorities for us as shepherds. One is that we have to help our people understand that we live in this tension between the already and the not yet. So as God's people, we are a unique people in this world. We have already experienced a spiritual resurrection.

We've already experienced adoption into God's family. We've been justified. All of that is the already. That sets us apart. So in a sense, we're like end times people living in the present.

But yet, we have to be prepared for the not yet. And I think that one of the things that helps us as under shepherds is we're helping God's people, we're equipping them for the battle that's now, that tension, right, of being in a sense a heavenly people who are on earth. And then also the idea that one of these days, in the end, we win, we win big, and then glory. And so keeping people's, in a sense, their eyes in both directions is absolutely crucial for that, you